Window and door.



W. E. SCOTT.

WINDOW AND DOOR. APPLICATION I'ILED.MAR.16, 1912.

1,094,025, Patented Apr. 21, 19m

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WALTER, E. soo'rr, or PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGN'OR TO HALE, AND

KILBURN COMPANY, OF PHILAD DELAWARE.

ELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION WINDOW AND DQOR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER E. Soorr, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefui Improvements inWindows and Doors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is directed to the provision of an improved constructionfor use in windows and doors having frames built up from sheet-metal. 4

One object of theinvention'is to provide a metallic frame for holding apanel of glass or other suitable material and so constructed as topermit of inserting the panel through one member of the frame, andwithdrawing the panel or pieces, thereof whenever such insertion orwithdrawal is desired.

Further objects of theinvention are to provide an improved constructionfor a me tallic window or door of such a character that it may 'bemanufactured at low cost and thatit will possess great strength and goodwearing qualities.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings in which- F igure 1 is an elevation of a doorconstructed in accordance with the invention, Fig. 2 is a verticalsection of the door on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a sectional detailview of the door on line 33 of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a similar sectionalview on line 414 of F ig, 1.

Referring to these drawings, the door shown consists of two side rails 1and 2 joined together at their ends. by a top rail 3 and a bot-tom rail.4. A stile 5 extends between the rails 1 and 2 at a point near thecenter line of the door. The construction employed in the side rails land 2 and the bottom rail 4 is illustrated in Figs. 2, 3 and 7,4. Itwill be seen that each of these rails is formed from a strip ofsheet-metal which is bent along lines extending lengthwise thereof to arectangular cross-Section. Near each edge, the strip is bent as shown soas to provide a shoulder 6, and beyond this shoulder, the metal of thestrip may be curved asshown at 7 to give this portion of the strip theappearance of a molding. The extreme edges of the strip are turnedinwardly so as to provide portions 8' lying parallel to each other.

\ strip from which the rail of the door is Specification of LettersPatent.

Combined with this Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

Application filed March 16, 1912. Serial No. 684,199.

formed is a second strip 9 having integral flanges 10 at its edges, thetwo flanges being paralleal tdeach other and perpendicular to the b6 yof the strip. This strip 9 is insertedwithi-n the strip-forming the railin the position indicated in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, the body of the strip 9"adjacent to the edges abut abutting against the shoulders 6 and theflanges 10 of the strip 9 abutting against the walls adjacent totheshoulders 6. When these two strips are thus assembled, they aresecured together in any suitable manner, preferably by welding theflanges 10 to the overlying material of the strip forming the rail. Thestile 5 consists of two sheet-metal plates 11 and. 12, each pressed intoform so as toxprovide at opposite edges thereof inwardly turned flanges13 similar to the flanges 8 above described. Adjacent to these molding14 and beyond this is bent to'provide a shoulder 15. The two strips 11and 12 are united byinterior strips 9 which lie against the shoulders 15and are secured, as by id ing, to the metal of the strips 11 and 1adjacent to the shoulders 15.

The top rail 3 of the frame of the door, unlike the bottom rail,consists of two sideplates of pressed sheet-metal, these being suitablyunited and the upper edge of the rail being so arranged that it may beopened to permit of the insertion or withdrawal of .a panel. The twostrips of the upper rail 3 are shown at 16 and 17 in Fig. 2. At theirlower edges these strips are pressed to a configuration similar to thatemployed on the edges of the strips 11 and 12 of the stile 5,- that is,to provide inwardly turned flanges 13, moldings 14 and shoulders 15.Each flange 13 of the upper rail 3 is braced upon the body-portion of,the strip on which it is formed by a stiffening piece 18 lying at aright angle to the flange l3 and of a width corresponding to the spacebetween the flange and the opposite wall of the body portion of thestrip for the rail 3. The stiffening piece 181' having been inserted inposition, it is secured in proper relation to the flange 13 in anysuitable manner as by welding it tothe metal on either side thereof atdistributed points along the length of the stiffening strip. At itsupper edge each strip 16 and 17 for the top rail 3 is bent to provide aninwardly extending portion 19 constituting the upper edge of the doorand an extension 20 of that portion which is displaced from the portion18. The two extensions 20 on the strips 16 and 17 form a groove ordepression in the upper edge of the rail 3, and therefore the upper edgeof the door, adapted to receive a detachable closing strip 21 ofsheet-metal.

In order to stiffen the construction, sheetmetal strips 22 are providedbracing the extensions 20 upon their respective side walls 16 and 17.Each of these strips 22 is welded to the inner side of the piece 16 or17 and at its upper edge is provided with a portion corresponding insize to the extension 20 and lying in contact therewith. These two partsmay also be welded together, if desired. Instead of welding themtogether, however,

they may be secured together by the meansemployed for securing theclosing strip 21 in position. The closing strip is provided withopenings at its lateral edges and in theextensions 20 are correspondingopenings which are threaded so as to receive screws 23, by which theclosing strip 21 is detachably'secured to the extensions 20.

' With the several rails thus constructed, they are secured together attheir ends to form a door, such as that shown in 1. When assembling theparts for this door, a panel 24 of any suitable construction is insertedin the space below the stile 5. The abutting ends of the severalframe-members may be secured together in any suitable man ner,preferably by welding. After the frame-members have been so united apane of glass 25 or other panel is lowered through the opening in thetop rail 3 of the door provided by the removal of the closing strip 21.This panel 25 is lowered through the top rail and between flanges 13 onthe pieces 16'and 17 and passes downwardly until its lower edge isinserted between the flanges 13 on the pieces 11 and 12 forming thestile Putty. felt or other parking 26 is then inserted between theseveral flanges 13 and the adjacent surfaces of the panel This havingbeen done, the closing strip 21 is inserted in the groove in the upperedge of the top rail 3 and is secured to the extensions 20 and strips 22by screws 23 whose ends enter threaded openings in those parts. The toprail is thus closed so that. dirt cannot drop into the interior of thedoor, but the closing means is detachably held sothat it may be removedat any time if it becomes desirable to remove the panel 25.

With the construction above described, a door or-w'indow structur isprovided which possesses great strength notwithstanding the fact thatmeans are provided for permitting of insertion or removal of the panelfrom the frame through one of the members of the frame. The partsforming the top rail 3 of the frame are stiffened by the pieces 13bracing the flanges 18 on the opposite walls of the strips 16 and 17 andthe stiffening strips 22 bracing the inwardly turned flanges at theupper edges of the strips 16 and 17 upon the body-portions of thosestrips. Again, when the closing strip 21 has been inserted in positionand secured to the underlying parts, this strip contributessubstantially to the strength of the top rail. Fur

thermore, the ends of each strip 16 and 17 are welded to the abuttingends of the side rails 1 and 2 so that the side rails serve asadditional means for bracing and stiffening the parts of the top rail.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new therein and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. The combination of a frame consisting of a plurality of hollowframe-members formed of pressed sheet-metal and secured together attheir ends, a. panel within said frame, one of the members of the framebe ing formed from two sheet-metal strips having flanges at their edges.the flanges at the inner edges of the member being parallel and adaptedto coact. with the panel and the flanges at the other edge of the memberbeing turned toward each other and bent to provide a depression in theouter edge of the member having an opening at the bottom thereofextending lengthwise of the member, and braces lying within said memherand secured to the body-portions of said strips and the portions of theflanges thereof which form said depression, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a frame consisting of a plurality of hollow framemembers formed of pressed sheet-metal and secured together at theirends, a panel within said frame. one of the members of the frameconsisting of two sheet-metal strips having their body portions parallelbutdisplaced one from the other and having parallel flanges at theiredges displaced from each other and from the planes of the body portionsof the strips and adapted to hold the edge of the panel between them,said strips having shoulders formed therein extending lengthwise of thestrips and located intermediate the flanges and body portions of thestrips, and a bracing strip within the said member of the frameextending between and secured to the two ships formingsaid member andlying againstsaid shoulders and adjacent to the inner edges of saidflanges, substantially as set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 16th day of February. 1912.

\VALTER E. SCOTT.

Witnesses:

Jone: P. Fnn'rcnnn, A. B. Snomvmnnn.

